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Taves, Ann, editor (Indiana University Press, 1989) Abigail Abbot, born in 1746, married Asa Bailey, a respected N.H. landowner, when she was 22 years old. From the first, her husband abused her physically & psychologically. After 26 years of marriage & 14 children, she decided to separate from him when she found out he had committed incest with his 16 year old daughter. She eventually succeeded in using legal means to obtain first a property settlement & then a divorce. |
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